Re: design resolution question
by Jeff Kane <jeffkane(at)pobox.com>
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 03:04:58 -0500 |
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lightstorm(at)jps.net (Alan Wilson), hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org |
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>...The reason I'm writing
>is to find out a recommended size to design the splash page at. ... I'd like
>to have the splash page and the main navigation page open without the user
>having to scroll. I thought about designing 640x480 to accommodate most
>viewers but the client thinks that's a bit small. I'm assuming the low end
>would be a power book or 15 inch monitor running 800x600 and 19inch or more
>on the high end. .
>The bottom line, based on what I have at these links, what size would you
>design at?
I wonder why you say, and what you mean by, "the low end would be a
power book or 15 inch monitor running 800x600..."
IF you belive that only an insignificant proportion of the target
audience would be using a 640x480 monitor, then you can go for the
800x600 size.
Keep in mind that these resolutions do not represent the available
space. The operating system grabs some of the pixels: the Mac OS puts
a menu bar at the top, and Windows puts Controls at the bottom .The
browser grabs more space: the amount varies with the browser and how
it's configured.
Conservative figures for the available space:
For 640x480 monitors, minimum available space is about 600x300.
For 800x600 monitors, minimum available space is about 780x390.
Jeff
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